Archive for September, 2008
Coat of Arms Visual Designer Update
My Coat of Arms Visual Designer project is improving steadily. In the past few weeks I’ve added support to quarter the shield, do counterchanging of ordinaries, add and customize a name or motto on the design, save the design as an image on your computer, nearly doubled the number of graphics available and more. I [...]
September 12, 2008
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Tags: coat of arms, heraldry · Posted in: heraldry
How Much Borrowing Is Too Much?
Recently in a game session, our characters encountered a room with a magical energy pattern drawn on the floor. As anyone who is familiar with Roger Zelazny’s Amber books knows, sure enough once a character stepped on the pattern he had to complete the pattern and every step was a test of willpower. Once the [...]
September 10, 2008
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Tags: background, campaign, design, encounter · Posted in: gm tips, player tips
A New PC Joining the Party Should Be What Level?
A new PC joining the party is a fairly common occurrence. Maybe a new player is joining the group or perhaps a character has died and that character’s player wants a new character. Often, there is a question of what level to make the new character. The question comes up for two primary reasons: A [...]
September 2, 2008
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Tags: gm advice, levels, xp · Posted in: gm tips
